Are churches planning ahead for expensive oil?

I keep up with oil prices — and even with the recent increases past $90, $100 and $110 — yelped when New York crude jumped to more than $129 in morning trading.

Moan as I might about governments failing to plan for change and groan as I might that warnings about a bubble seem like wishful thinking, individuals are planning for a future of expensive transportation and food. Are churches among these?

What can we do, Unitarian Universalists particularly, given our church growth model of the last two generations has been based on automobile-dependent, suburban establishments?

What can we do given our primary mode of training and inter-congregation community building has been in national and regional meetings?

2 Replies to “Are churches planning ahead for expensive oil?”

We’re planning in Albuquerque! We are experimenting with a model of branch congregations in mid-distant communities; 20, 30, and 70 miles from us, which use sermon videos. email branches@uuabq.org for more information!

Thanks for the reminder Scott it is such a difficult issue as we don’t want to spend too much but can’t let the pipes freeze. I might call you soon to talk about changes going on in Medford, exciting things and scary too. But a lot of opportunities for church transformation.